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Google launches streaming music service ahead of Apple

May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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(Reuters) - Google Inc launched a music service on Wednesday that allows users to listen to unlimited songs for $9.99 a month, challenging smaller companies like Pandora and Spotify in the market for streaming music. With its new service, announced at its annual developers' conference in San Francisco, Google has adopted the streaming music business model ahead of rival Apple Inc, which pioneered online music purchases with iTunes. Google's "All Access" service lets users customize song … [Read more...]

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With Windows Blue, Microsoft may (finally) do the right thing

May 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Summary: Call it capitulation. Call it listening to customers. But whatever you call it, making Windows 8 more usable with expected coming Blue tweaks is a positive, not a negative. Over the past week, I've been surprised how many armchair pundits have lambasted Microsoft for its still not officially-admitted but largely expected decisions to add an optional Start Button and boot-to-desktop capability to Windows Blue. There've been reports claiming everything from Microsoft is doing a … [Read more...]

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Google: Mobile Web sites 30% faster this year

May 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Pages load much faster on smartphones and tablets now compared to last year, as measured by the Google Analytics service. Performance improvements over the last year mean Web pages measured by the Google Analytics service load significantly faster for people using mobile devices. The pages load 30 percent faster for mobile browsers now than they did a year ago, Steve Souders, Google's head performance engineer, said in a presentation earlier. And for desktop browser users, the pages … [Read more...]

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City of Boston drops Microsoft Exchange for Gmail

May 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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It's another win for Google -- Boston city employees make the switch to some of the search giant's business services. As Google gears up for its big week in the spotlight, it's making another notch in its business software belt. The city of Boston has decided to switch the e-mail provider of its 20,000 employees from Microsoft to Google, The Boston Globe reported Friday. In addition to using Gmail instead of Microsoft Exchange, Boston will also swap in Google Docs for word processing … [Read more...]

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Will the fast rise of tablets help or hurt Apple?

May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Will the fast rise of tablets help or hurt Apple?

By now, it's a fait accompli that tablet sales will surpass those of the PC. The only question that remains is: When? That day is not too far away, if a head analyst at technology incubator BitChemy Ventures is to be believed. According to Singh's projections, global tablet shipments will increase to nearly 80 million in the fourth quarter, while PC shipments will slide to around 70 million to 75 million. "These shipment estimates could be affected by the pace of low cost tablet … [Read more...]

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Cheap #Intel #devices will run #Google, #Microsoft OSes, sources say

April 20, 2013 By
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Really cheap Intel-based tablets and laptops will run Google and Microsoft operating systems, sources tell CNET. Some inexpensive Intel-based laptops and tablets will come with Google's operating system, and others with Microsoft's, according to sources and analysts. Intel CEO Paul Otellini earlier this week said touch devices could debut at prices as low as $200, as CNET reported. But the cheapest devices may be based on a non-Windows operating system, according to sources -- not … [Read more...]

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THE AMAZING MobiU

October 7, 2012 By
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Mobile University Part 1 John Jonelis How do Social Networks, the Mobile Internet, and Mobile Apps get put to profitable use by Big Corporate Marketing? I’m at MobiU to find out. And the big companies are here to tell us about it – Anheuser-Busch, ESPN, United Airlines, Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Walgreens, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Pepsico, Best Buy, Deloitte Consulting, Kimberly-Clark, and many others. This is the annual Mobile University Conference with speakers on multiple stages at the … [Read more...]

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Yammer Sells To Microsoft For 1.2 Billion

July 19, 2012 By
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The enterprise collaboration software yammer has officially been bought by Microsoft for a hefty sum of 1.2 billion dollars. Details of the purchase have not hit the web yet but the team at Yammer will look forward to join Microsoft's squad. Yammer launched in 2008 as a premier social enterprise communication device for small to mid sized businesses. Ever since the company has grown to offer their services to eighty percent of fortune five hundred companies. Yammer reportedly doubled … [Read more...]

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